is on the attack_ everybody and emirates airline is on the attack because london heathrow as london heathrow as an airport in itself has said it's going _ as an airport in itself has said it's going to have to limit flights in order— it's going to have to limit flights in order to — it's going to have to limit flights in orderto keep it's going to have to limit flights in order to keep essential flights moving — in order to keep essential flights moving and i think this story is going — moving and i think this story is going to — moving and i think this story is going to run and run because we've -ot going to run and run because we've got basic— going to run and run because we've got basic clashes of vested corporate interests here and i don't think_ corporate interests here and i don't think that _ corporate interests here and i don't think that is — corporate interests here and i don't think that is sustainable. we corporate interests here and i don't think that is sustainable.— think that is sustainable. we will leave the financial— think that is sustainable. we will leave

so when there was a fiasco at heathrow, the emirates airlines blamed heater for the the backup. but then heathrow turn around said the airlines were putting a profit ahead of safe and reliable passengers journey. so blaming airlines who are actually responsible for checking your back and getting on the plane. that's where they're at heathrow airport was putting the blame and what's really happened is during the pandemic. and so few people were flying airlines really cut back on staff, out source, a lot of jobs and now that people are, are flying again. they haven't really re hire those people. and some people are speculating it that even though they could have anticipated this, they are in a financial, you know, there's a downturn financially, so the trying to make it up, keeping those workers at home. so what can one do to prevent your suitcase getting lost? well, i would get a cultural bag maybe to start with. you can also buy a tracker that you can track on your phone and you can put that in your bag so you know where it is at all times. you could also try not taking a suit ca

airlines. although emirates is a state—run airline from dubai.tonomy on how they sell their seats and i think that irked emirates very much, heathrow stipulating you should cut these flights or these flights. anyway, we have some progress but every day, it's very chaotic. even today, right now, there are passengers who are facing huge queues at the airport and there are still problems with getting their bags as well. there's a huge baggage problem behind the scenes at heathrow too. so, what rights do passengers have at their flights are cancelled at the last minute and the need to get somewhere urgently? absolutely. we do have some laws in the uk and europe to protect passengers. they do have a lot of different rights and the best thing to do is to always check with your carrier, also go to the airport website and also to the regulator in this country, the ukca. there's lots more information out there and in most cases, you will get some compensation depending how long the delay is and if you are bumped off a flight suddenly, then you deserve to

are furious _ 11th and emirate airlines are furious about that because it's going — furious about thatre's the sense that non—british airlines are — there's the sense that non—british airlines are going to be the ones who asked — airlines are going to be the ones who asked us to pay the price. and within that who asked us to pay the price. fific within that story, transport who asked us to pay the price. fific within that story, transport real strikes and what they've actually talked about in the announcement of strikes, it is pretty difficult to get anywhere. strikes, it is pretty difficult to get anywhere-— strikes, it is pretty difficult to get anywhere. strikes, it is pretty difficult to net an here. �*, ., ., , get anywhere. there's going to be disru tion get anywhere. there's going to be disruption and _ get anywhere. there's going to be disruption and great _ get anywhere. there's going to be disruption and great summer- get anywhere. there's going to be disruption and great summer of. disruption and great summer of sports going on in birmingham and the commonwealth games in the e

emirates airlines have agreed to cap sales of their flights out of heathrow until mid—august. week, heathrow announced they would cut the number of people are allowed into the airport, but it seems there still this huge knock—on effect, because the hope was that there would be sufficient warning for people, but people are still having flights cancelled very last minute. everything is very last minute. operations at heathrow seem to always be teetering, it is last minute meetings and agreements. it went down to the wire with emirates because earlier this week, emirates set off quite a robust critique to heathrow, saying that it was not going to comply. but overnight, the have sat down and have some constructive talks, the upshot is that emirates will not sell any more tickets until mid august. but there's also a bit of a problem with etta had as well. so etta had is refusing to comply, so we have to say, do they have the necessary enforcement action at heathrow? —— etihad. they are prevailing upon airlines to reach these neutral agreements. airlines to reach these neutral agree

emirates airlines have agreed to cap sales of their flights out of heathrow until mid—august.have been at home, stuck because of restrictions on airline travel for the last couple of years, this is the first year the airlines have some sort of chance of recuperating some losses they have endured. lots of people are quite eager to go abroad, because restrictions have notjust been here in the uk, but also some of the key holiday destinations, spain for example, a popular place for brits to travel, they have had some restrictions that meant you cannot necessarily travel there. now that has been lifted. huge surge in demand. unfortunately, airports have not been able to cope with that demand. heathrow, who we have been hearing from, has said that actually, they have not got the workers on the ground to be able to deal with that influx of passengers, and they have spoken to airlines to try to come to an agreement about scaling back capacity. that has not gone down well, has it? a lot of staff were let go, fired, made redundant, during covid and now they need them back again. what a

sir tim clark, - president of emirates airline, thank you.he wants to improve relations, which were frozen by the palestinians in protest at the policies of his predecessor, donald trump. let's take you live to bethlehem, where us presidentjoe biden and president abbass are holding and hope for a better tomorrow... if israel wants to be a compliment state it cannot can continue to act as a state above law, and this calls for israel to end its occupation of the land and a state of palestine with eastjerusalem as its capital from the 1967 borders. only then will israel be accepted to live in peace, security and good neighbourhood with the countries and people of the region, based on the arab peace initiative. the opportunity for the two state solution may be available today only, but we don't know what will happen later. therefore, i take this opportunity on the occasion of the visit of your excellency to the region to say that i extend my hand to the leaders of israel to make peace for race which has happen much before and there have been othe

now to some of the other global business stories, making this airline giant emirates on thursday rejected demands by london heathrow airport to cut flight capacity. despite being friend with a lawsuit this week, london's busiest airport asked airlines to stop sewing summer tickets to try and limit the number of daily passengers 210-0000 emirates says it intends to continue its daily flights to london was thousands of users across the world. were unable to access social media platform, twitter earlier on thursday. more than 50000 people reported the outage. this comes a days after twitter sued, tesla ceo, ellen musk for violating a deal to buy the company. after a nearly 3 hour outage, the company said, it's website, an app. we're back on line. russia and ukraine are close to finalizing a deal on how to get ukrainian grain out of the country's ports and into the global market. that's according to un secretary general tonia gutierrez, after talks between the 2 countries were held in turkey. cave asked for its ships to be allowed to pass safely through so called rain corridors. now netflix i

over now to some of the other global business stories making headlines. airline giant emirates on thursday rejected demand by london heathrow airport to cut flight capacity. despite being threatened with a lawsuit of this week, london's busiest airport asked airlines to stop selling summer tickets to try and limit the number of daily passengers 210-0000 emirates says it intends to continue its daily london flights. think it will take well to pop indonesia finance minister called for a joint forum to fight alarming global hunger as her counterparts from the g. 20 countries met friday in bali. the global food crisis is at the top of their agenda . indonesia wants members to come up with a concrete action plan to tackle fertilizer supply blocks and food insecurity. the meetings are scheduled to continue through the weekend western sanctions against russia or transforming trade relationships around the world. and not just for oil or for grains, but also for precious stones. or correspondence. adrian creek recently visited botswana in southern africa to learn how the diamond industry, their sta

the airline emirates said it will not comply to a demand from london's heathrow airport for airlinesop selling tickets over the busy summer. the dubai carrier called the request unreasonable and unacceptable. the staff at heathrow has caused the airport to reduce its capacity, a move that will affect hundreds of thousands of travelers. bill gates says he does not want to be among the world's wealthiest people and plans to donate his way off the list, writing on twitter, the man says he plans to give $20 billion to his foundation. he says he believes he has an obligation to return his resources to a society in the way that will have the greatest impact in improving the lives of others. experts at the national galleries of scotland say they are thrilled to have found a previously unknown self-portrait of vincent van gogh. it was hidden at the back of another painting and found it when the canvas was rayed. joann mccauley has the story. joann: for more than 100 years, this picture has been holding a secret. on the back of van gogh's head of a peasant woman is a previously ueen work. the

now, they said they had no choice, but airlines seem to think differently, particularly emirates, one the most stinging rebuke i have seen from a corporation in terms of a statement in a very, very long time. they said heathrow airport were incompetent, being cavalier with passengers and their airline customers and had this to say. "london heathrow chose not to act, not to plan, not to invest, now faced with an armageddon situation due to their incompetent and nonaction, they are pushing the entire burden of costs and scramble to sort the mess to airlines and travelers." many airlines cut a lot of flights in recent weeks, but what does this really mean? it's not good. whether or not heathrow airport enforces capacity cuts, whether or not airlines do it themselves, the ultimate end result is that this airport is overburdened and a lot of those flights are not going to be taking off, ana. >> all right, thank you so much, anna stewart. >>> if the weather holds a long-awaited nasa mission with spacex will finally get off the ground hours from now. the private space company's falcon ix roc

traffic, the world's biggest passenger aircraft has been pulled out of retirement by many airlines, including emirates and british airways. and for many, the return of the entire 8th we 80 fleets can't happen fast enough to by based emeralds has by far the world's biggest, a 380 fleet followed by singapore airlines in 3rd place, comes lufthansa. even the germans are planning to deploy some of their super jumble planes. again. australia's quantas and british airways round up the top 5 list for most 8th we 80 aircraft. lufthansa parked many aircraft and spain when the coffee, 19 pandemic ground air traffic to a halt. the 8380 was supposed to be retired for good thought to beg, unprofitable and bad for the planet, but times have clearly changed with lufthansa now planning. 8th we 80 voyages for summer 2023. let's speak to aviation journalist, andreas space. at least get a little bit more about this because some, it seems a bit strange to me, andreas, the problems with the a 380 haven't gone away. is that what those 4 big engines need? lots and lots of fuel and it's still massive. it's still difficult to

exclusive lie-flat seats available from international carriers, singapore airlines suite and the emirates airlineirline hasn't revealed the cost, it's sure to be far less than those exclusive first class seats. >> i think people are excited because finally economy class passengers get some pretty cool perks. >> reporter: there will be six beds in the skynest and t.j. they'll be equipped with cooling pillows. >> okay, skynest. i like that name but is this something you just buy one ticket or you have to book this skynest in addition to your regular seat? >> reporter: so, look, passengers in economy and premium economy can book one of the skynest beds for a four-hour session separately from their seat. there will be an extra cost but far, far less than first class. >> new york to new zealand. what about -- i'm just going to atlanta. when can i get this hookup? [ laughter ] >> reporter: you really need some sleep, huh? this is where i'm the wah-wah correspondent. right now, no. even air new zealand is only rolling it out in two of their planes but it's safe to say we will probably see that on the 17

and last week, the ft reports on the airline emirates�* criticism of heathrow and their decision to caplights as "armageddon". emirates say they would ignore the move in growing backlash against the airport. so, let's begin. good evening to both of you. if you for agreeing to come on and let's start with the politics and the front page of the metro. any's in heaven, not a bad headline though she has not won anything yet and is a long way from anything like that. can you start us off and kick us off on where we are with the tory leadership race?— leadership race? yes, this is i was a featuring on _ leadership race? yes, this is i was a featuring on most _ leadership race? yes, this is i was a featuring on most of _ leadership race? yes, this is i was a featuring on most of the - leadership race? yes, this is i was a featuring on most of the front i a featuring on most of the front pages, is the big story, everyone and westminster is watching and seeing what happens in this kind of odd process where people are knocked out at each round and this is just a at the moment. it is not going out

the airline emirates has strongly criticised heathrow in london: on carry us to stop selling ticketsbusy summer. because of its stepping problems with the heaters that it needed to limit passengers to 100,000 a lack of staff caused in part by the pandemic. the chief executive of gas giant shell has warned europe may have to ration energy this winter because of limited supplies of gas. saying the continent would face what he called a really tough few months. he also warned that customers could face a significant rise in prices. russian missiles have struck civilian buildings in central ukraine, killing at least 23 people including 3 children and injuring as many as 50 — according to ukrainian officials. the attack took place in the city of vinnytsia, far from the frontline in the east of the country. you may find some details in sarah rainsford report distressing. a sunny morning in vinnytsia suddenly turned pitch black. this was moments after the russian missiles hit. the staggering wounded. ..and those killed on the spot. it was a strike on the very heart of this city. there was an

the airline emirates has strongly criticised heathrow airport in london for calling on carriers to stops staffing problems. heathrow said it needed to limit passengers to 100,000 a day because of a lack of staff caused in part by the pandemic. ivana trump, the first wife of the former us president donald trump, has died at her home in new york. she was 73. she was born in czechoslovakia and became a fashion model, —— she was born in what was once czechoslovakia and became a fashion model, designer and businesswoman. the couple were very public figures in new york in the 1980s and 1990s and had three children together — donald junior, ivanka and eric trump. our correspondent rianna croxford has been following the story, and she told me that ivana trump carved out a lucrative career of her own in the united states. ivana trump fled from what was then czechoslovakia before in the united states. she was a prominent skier, had worked as a ski instructor before becoming a model. during that time, she met donald trump, herformer husband of 15 years. now, those close to her often described her

the dubai base to airline emirates has rejected an order from london heathrow airport to cancel flights. the airport management says no more than 100000 passengers a day can depart until september. it's been experiencing severe disruptions because a staff shortages, emirates, runs 6 flights a day from heathrow to dubai. is accused heathrow, blatant disregard for consumers and says their ground staff are capable of handling their flights. it'll is the longest river is drying up as the country faces sweltering temperatures and its worst drought in 70 years. the 650 kilometer long river po supports about a 3rd of italy's agricultural production. heat wave has led the government to declare a state of emergency, as local farmers are struggling to cope. hot weather and winds are causing wildfire to spread. in southwestern france, hundreds of firefighters are trying to extinguish the flames and protect several cities, thousands of tourists and people living close by have been forced to evacuate. and in the u. k, the met office has issued a red extreme heat warning for a number of cities in eng

the airline emirates has strongly criticised heathrow airport in london for calling on carriers to stopblems. heathrow said it needed to limit passengers to 100,000 a day because of a lack of staff caused, in part, by the pandemic. now the english premier league season is still a few weeks away but many of the teams are in asia. on tuesday liverpool lost to manchester united in bangkok and on friday they are in singapore to face another english side crystal palace. well, the reason is commerical but also a reward for their thousands of fans in the region. mohamed ismail mohamed yusoff is a liverpool fan who's based in singapore. i asked him how it feels to have tickets for the crystal palace game on friday night. unbelievable. in may when it was announced, we would never have thought that they would come to singapore because usually i have to travel to the uk, liverpool, to watch the game. however, when the news came out, we were excited about it and we saw the price of the ticket but i think liverpool don't come here most of the time so this is something, we have one of the best before

hey, al jazeera, super d y airline emirates has rejected an order from heathrow airport in the u. k. to cancel flights to comply with a new cap on passenger numbers. the west london airport says no more than a 100000 passengers a day can depart until september and has already axed thousands of flights ahead of the peak summer season. airport is suffering from severe disruptions because of staff shortages. and routes runs 6 right to day from heathrow to divide a security throw of quote, blatant disregard for consumers and says their ground staff are capable of handling their flights. and ashley hours of scotland have discovered a previously unknown self portrait of the dutch painter. of instance on golf was found when alice took an x ray of his 885 pacing head of a peasant woman. before an exhibition portrait was covered by laz blue in cardboard . for more than a century, expert safe and goth would often reuse canvases to save money by turning them around to work on the other side. when he moved to paris his family, you know, he was exposed to the work of the impressionist and they

and one of the students mother do by based airline emirates, has rejected in order from london heathrow airport to cancel flights. the airport management says no more than 100000 passengers a day can depart until september, due to staff shortages. the remaining candidates and the contests to replace outgoing british prime minister boards, johnson are set to square off and televised debates. the 2nd round, the voting took place on thursday, narrowing the field to 5 contenders. al jazeera investigations is coming up next. thanks for watching the news. ready shock and outrage around europe managers play is hundreds condemning the super league project. manchester united fans and stone burns stadium, english football fans, rebel against the owners of the clubs they love for the funds. not for these, these stupid eagerness. friends say that billionaire owners are treating english football as a global cash cow because in clubs all from their communities. the moment chelsea friends got what they wanted, but course controversial european soup and he gets collapsed just 2 days after it was announ

but earlier, we heard from the airline emirates, who have said they are not going to go ahead with the asked them to do. heathrow have said this is a matter of safety and urge people to go ahead and cut those flights. but as you can see, it is already becoming a fractious summerfor you can see, it is already becoming a fractious summer for transport. caroline davies, thank you. well, as more travel disruption looms — we are going to be tracking the experiences of hundrends of holidaymakers. if you want to be one of our travelwatchers and tell your story — do go to bbc.co.uk/travelwatchers — for more information. the sri lankan president gotabaya rajapaksa has resigned after days of huge anti—government protesters. demonstrators are celebrating on the streets of colombo, defying a curfew in place. mr rajapaksa fled to singapore on wednesday as protesters took over government buildings. the governor of sri lanka's central bank says the country now needs a stable government as soon as possible if it's to stand any chance of tackling its economic crisis. from colombo, rajini vaidyanathan r

emirates airlines accused heathrow of showing blatant disregard for consumers by attempting to forcesands of travellers. it comes after months of travel disruption and flight cancellations. just how ready are airports and airlines as we fast approaching the summer holidays? big airports like manchester and gatwick have stepped up efforts to recruit more staff in time for their biggest summer since covid. let's speak to sean tipton from abta. if we start by looking at what impact this will have on passengers, what can people expect as they look towards the summer getaway? i think one of the saddest _ towards the summer getaway? i think one of the saddest things _ towards the summer getaway? i think one of the saddest things about - towards the summer getaway? t ii�*u “ia; one of the saddest things about the travel chaos we've seen and stories in the press is for most people one of the great joys in the press is for most people one of the greatjoys of in the press is for most people one of the great joys of a in the press is for most people one of the greatjoys of a holiday something t

emirates, and i have to say other airlines as well, saying the same sort of things behind the scene,the upshot of this? there is obviously a lot of frustration. ultimately, might heathrow back down? 0r frustration. ultimately, might heathrow back down? or is it more likely airlines who are struggling. some airlines have cancelled services. and you have to say for the short haul airlines it is much easier to do because if you have lots of daily flights to a short—haul destination then you can cut the short haul flights and put passengers on different planes. the problem lies with the long haul carriers really. if you look at emirates they rely on flying a3805 a huge aircraft carrying 500 passengers at a time over to dubai where they fly on to destinations around the world so cutting a single one of those planes is a very significant thing. it is a lot harderfor the long haul airlines significant thing. it is a lot harder for the long haul airlines to do this. there will have to be some kind of compromise somewhere. as i said, some of the airlines have cut services and a lot of the ser

emirates. what does it mean for the airline industry, for boeing and airbus?there be an immediate uptick of demand, three or five year order books -- will the order books suddenly explode on the back of revenge tourism or is it not as easily correlated as that? a quick one. john: it's not so easily correlated. the workhorses of these short-haul airlines, where were seeing a lot of recession travel coming back, and low-cost carriers. long-haul is harder to call because airlines have downgraded many of those flights. there is a struggle. there is a new aircraft not even in testing yet. but yes, the order books are strong and looking robust on the sean -- short-haul side for the next several years. manus: let's squared off with michael's comments, michael o'leary from ryanair. airfares are too cheap, 18% of the cpi. not many facts stick in my head these days but they were 18%. airfares are cheap. i admit i have made it on the back of this narrative -- i quote him, it has been my doing, i don't believe air travel is sustainable in the near term. are we calling som

a dispute has erected between london's heathrow airport and one of the biggest airlines in the middle east. emiratesejected heathrow's demands to cut capacity and said it will operate flights at -- emirates says heathrow isn't giving it enough time to rebook travelers on other flights. global news 24 hours a day, on air and bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am ritika gupta. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ >> this report reflects that inflation is unacceptably high. the economy looks well-positioned to deal with the charges -- conditions with the fed to cool inflation and russia's war in ukraine. we are really going to be hoping the federal reserve can pull off this soft landing. jonathan: i have to laugh, over to the federal reserve to engineer a soft landing and bring inflation down. that was the chair of the white house council of economic advisers. futures down 1.4% on the s&p, on the nasdaq, down one percentage point. citi looking for a 100 basis point move on the fed funds rate and 4% year-end. there are some massive calls. crude down b